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Word of the Day — January 22, 2012

January 23, 2012 - Scott Viau

Provenance — PRO-ven-AHNS — a place of origin, earliest known history of something

Example: "Margaret Talbot commented on the satire in TV's Portlandia: 'A couple in a restaurant asked, before putting in their order from the menu, "Can you tell me a little about the chicken's provenance?"'"